Using Document Management within SAP

Hi,
I'm relatively new to SAP and need to have some information about using the Document Management Services within SAP. As with other ERP products there are drawbacks to allowing this functionality such as disk space concerns, upgrades, performance issues. Based on some other threads I've read about this it looks like some of the options can be disable to eliminate some of the disk space concerns.
Could anyone point me to a good document that describes Document Management Services and the benefits/drawbacks? I would also be extremely interested in personal experiences of why you would and wouldn't use it.
Thanks,
Julie

Hi, Julie
Purpose;
The Document Management Service (DMS) is a service of the information management infrastructure provided by the Knowledge Provider within the framework of SAP Web Application Server. The central task of the DMS is to process documents and document-like objects on the basis of application-specific content models. Only the DMS can modify document administration data and save this data in a storage medium, such as the SAP database.
Implementation Considerations;
In order to use the DMS, you need to implement some Customizing steps. For details, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) under the following path: SAP Web Application Server ® Basis Services ® Knowledge Provider ® Document Management Service. The IMG modules contain details on the individual Customizing activities.
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/1a/aea9375d79fb7de10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
Also go through these urls for further information
DMS
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/04/92713a46f311d189470000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/c1/1c31a243c711d1893e0000e8323c4f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/bd/8063fbbc43c54e901dd7733d946198/frameset.htm
Benkaraj
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Edited by: benaka rajes on Jul 23, 2009 11:42 AM

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